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In It to Win It

(12,398 posts)
Sat Jan 17, 2026, 05:16 PM 9 hrs ago

Trump buys $1m in Netflix and Warner Bros bonds days after saying he'll 'be involved' in merger

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/trump-buys-1m-netflix-warner-172138893.html

Donald Trump bought at least $1m worth of bonds in Netflix and Warner Bros Discovery (WBD), according to a financial disclosure form, days after he said would “be involved” in a proposed merger between the two companies.

The White House released a financial disclosure report on Friday which showed that Trump made two purchases from Netflix and two purchases from WBD, each amounting to at least $502,000.

Trump bought the bonds on 12 December and 16 December, a little more than a week after Netflix agreed to buy WDB in an $82.7bn deal.

The purchase is subject to regulatory clearance and is sure to raise eyebrows given Trump has said he will be engaged in that process.
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Trump buys $1m in Netflix and Warner Bros bonds days after saying he'll 'be involved' in merger (Original Post) In It to Win It 9 hrs ago OP
I was pissed when T-Mobile announced we'd no longer get free Netflix... buzzycrumbhunger 9 hrs ago #1
In other words, he's signaling he'll accept a "gratuity" dlk 9 hrs ago #2
He is only about... purr-rat beauty 9 hrs ago #3
Corrupt in so many ways that its dizzying BlueWaveNeverEnd 8 hrs ago #4
How TF is this sort of thing ignored? Bristlecone 5 hrs ago #5
K&R UTUSN 4 hrs ago #6

buzzycrumbhunger

(1,678 posts)
1. I was pissed when T-Mobile announced we'd no longer get free Netflix...
Sat Jan 17, 2026, 05:20 PM
9 hrs ago

… but now I guess I’m glad not to have anything to do with it.

Also—WHERE THE HELL ARE THE CHECKS AND BALANCES?! JFC.

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